law

Maxims

I jus et lex idem significant. Bracton.right and law are identically significant.

II lex est certa ratio e mente divina manans, quae recta suadet, prohibetque contraria. Cicero.Law is certain reason flowing from the mind of God, which commands right and prohibits the contrary.III By I and II, it is also acceptable to say it jus est etc.